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Spark Networks Appoints Michael McConnell As Chairman

(dpa-AFX International Compact Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Spark Networks, Inc. (LOV) said Monday that Michael McConnell has been appointed as the Chairman of the company's Board of Directors.

The company also announced the appointment of Ian Jacobs to its Board of Directors.

The appointments are effective as of July 3, and follow the election of four new directors to the Spark Networks Board -- McConnell, Stephen Davis, John Lewis and Walter Turek -- at the June 27 annual meeting of Spark Networks' shareholders and the resignation of director Thomas Stockham on July 2.